The moment footsteps sounded, Qin An looked toward them.
His brows drew together slightly as a familiar figure came into view.
At the far end of the darkness, a graceful figure slowly appeared and walked toward him.
A fiercely potent poison radiated from her, making her as forbidding as a flower whose beauty hid a deadly toxin.
As she drew closer, Qin An could see the complicated look in her eyes.
After a moment's thought, Qin An said, "You've contacted me through a dream again. What happened this time?"
The woman before him was the one he had encountered in Myriad Poison Cloud Peak.
Leng Qing sighed softly, and the complicated look in her eyes gradually faded.
She gazed at Qin An and said slowly, "Seeing you this time cost me something again, but I had to come. Something seems to have happened in the Forbidden Land recently."
"What happened?" Qin An asked. "If it brought you here to see me, it can't be anything small."
Leng Qing was the leader of the Holdouts in a large Forbidden Land, and her standing in Myriad Poison Cloud Peak was extraordinarily high.
If someone of her stature had come to see him in person, Qin An knew the matter had to be serious.
Having asked, he fell silent and waited patiently for her answer.
After a brief pause, Leng Qing said, "The Betrayers are making a major move. With the Heavenly Demon Envoy's help, they've opened passages through the barriers between several Forbidden Lands. They can now travel back and forth among them."
"The Heavenly Demon Envoy?"
Qin An froze for a moment at the name.
He had heard that familiar name once before.
The giant tree had mentioned the Heavenly Demon Envoy when Qin An obtained the Metal Source.
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